Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 12hIt would seem my tax dollars go primarily to golf outings (not mine obviously), political ads during football games, and missile interceptors to keep my friend Ryan alive. Life is funny huh. 120
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You tell your kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because you're worried about energy costs. I tell my kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because I want to be comfortable wearing my sweater. We are not the same. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s not even October and I’m already hearing about jingle bells and how Batman smells. Ladies and gentlemen we lost the war on Christmas. 001
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How I look at my sweatpant collection now that the nights are cooler.static.klipy.comSpice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink SuitALT: Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit 030
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In the war of musical gingers I will wear the fur coat. 011
Reposted by Ben Lymanderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1275207283993
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Distance running is a great support but the problem with it is that my kids ansolutely do not care that I PR’d the marathon this morning and would like to spend the rest of the day with my feet up and my eyes closed. 100
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Is there anything more satisfying than when you finally figure out the song whose melody has been stuck in your head? 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every time I kill a cricket that has invaded my home I think of the movie A Bug's Life and my actions feel righteous. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Today at my daughter’s 5th grade orientation I learned that it will be vitally important for me to charge her Chromebook nightly because I sure and shit know she won’t remember. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Crunchy peanut butter is the superior peanut butter. 000
Reposted by Ben LymanJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Watching the CENTCOM Commander write WSJ Op Eds about how amazing the war is going and how the morale has never been higher as we drag on into the 6th month of the 3-day special military operation to denuclearize Iran 321075153
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Safe and Beautiful National Guardsmen walking the mall in this heat look more depressed than 10th Mountaineers in the middle of a Drum winter. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It would appear the JRTC Podcast has been removed from YouTube just as my episode was coming up in the queue. This is an incredible disappointment and a disservice to everyone who wanted to see what a worn out BCT S2 looks like on camera only six hours after SOBE. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not sure I’ve ever needed anything more than I need CFB season to start. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026When I said I wanted to have a French Sunday I meant a relaxing and refreshing day at home NOT my kids building barricades and declaring an end to the (in their minds) tyrannical rule of their parental oppressors. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I’ll never claim I’ve unlocked the secrets to parenting but we filled our house with books and now our kids love to read. I think there is something to that. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The wars, threats of war, and the possibility of more war need to stop. My wife and I have tickets to In the Heights in November and I’d rather not be away. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Nothing more soothing to the ears than a modest rain shower punctuated with a mid-distant thunder. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I simply need a year to do nothing but read and write and catch up TV and spend time with my kiddos. Instead I’ll probably get a Caribbean invasion or something equally as unfun. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Never a good day when you have to ask the group chat if one of your deployed buddies is still among the living (he is thankfully) 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I either go see the Odyssey tonight at 11p or I don't see it in IMAX (and likely not at all in theatres). So it's either see the new hotness and be exhausted tomorrow when the kids wake up or miss out entirely. I call it Homer's Trap. 100
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The army giving me four weeks of paid vacation just for me to have to spend 80% of it visiting my in-laws is both genius corporate management (“Oh so you hate your job? Here’s something worse”) and next level evil. 130
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This meme is the gift that keeps on giving because it’s endlessly applicable. 1777
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026One of my greatest flaws is that I love wearing white shirts even though I have four small children. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Fully participating in the corrupt bargain finally makes the US a futbol country. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It will be north of 90 degrees on Coney Island when Joey Chestnut steps out onto the world stage once against to demonstrate greatness. We know he will overcome the elements and rise to the challenge. Truly a generational talent. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Watching Hamilton with the kids and reminded how absolutely insane that 7 years after the end of the War for Independence some random kid on Washington’s general staff became Secretary of Treasury. Founding generation just built different. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This broadcast would be much better if we had Gus and Joel on the play by play and commentary. Already got Jenny on the sidelines. 220
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I watched the new Avatar movie with the kids and while I expect these movies to be formulaic I didn’t expect it to be a Coke Zero vs Coke Zero Sugar kind of thing. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026It’s 10pm and my 10yo is still up. Hello summer break. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Summer vacation is wasted on children. I need 2.5 months off to relax, play golf, read great books, and otherwise be human for longer than a series of 15-minute increments. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026What I like about futbol is that you can lose by not winning and win by not losing and I think that’s a great metaphor for life. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The real reflection is the algae we made along the way. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026What is more American than a crowd in Seattle belting out a song about western Virginia after watching a team full of immigrants and guys with dual citizenship win in a sport invented in Europe on a day we celebrate the crushing of a treasonous rebellion and the liberation of those held in bondage? 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026He reminds me of my Grandfather in his 80s during his cognitive and physical decline. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Turns out the key to consistent green recoveries with your Whoop is to just *not go to work* 000